In his book “Life Impossible” Matt Haig writes…
“I love that word ‘spoiler, don’t you? The idea that if we know what is about to happen, it takes the enjoyment from it.
It’s so strange that we don’t want spoilers in our stories but we seek them in our lives. We want to know we will fall in love, or be healthy, or finish the degree in style, get the good job or the comfortable pension.
We want the solution. We want it all mapped out. We want to know everything ends well. We want it all spoiled, with as little mystery as possible. But where is the fun in that? And take it from someone with gifts of precognition beyond all the world’s population: there are no real spoilers. There is always an observer effect. There is always an unknown variable, and that unknown variable is often yourself. Embrace the mystery would be my advice.
Embrace the impossibility of it all.
Enjoy the not-knowing.
Don’t rush to the wedding or the death or the amen.”
I guess many times I have wished for a spoiler without realizing it. I love this thought that the excitement is in the not knowing. We stress and worry about the future and the unknown even knowing that it won’t change the future. Getting in our heads about the what if’s and the maybe’s can steal the joy of the moments in our life! How nice would it be if we could learn to embrace the not knowing? What if we could even find excitement in the opportunity to live a life to the fullest without a spoiler? I saw a post today that said, “Going from being worried about what might happen, to being excited about what might happen, is only a mindset shift away.” Let’s partner together and work on shifting our mindset and living a happy soulful life.